Lessons Learned From Working With a PEO

By: Kevin Madden, CAE

Nearly a year into a partnership with a professional employer organization, trade association InfoComm International shares its initial results, including both some pleasant surprises and some areas showing less benefit than hoped for.

Professional employer organizations (PEOs) have the potential to assist small to mid-sized associations by offering a wide selection of human resources and payroll services, from tax compliance to staff training and development. They can be helpful to associations by providing these services at great efficiency (through economies of scale) and freeing up staff resources to focus on programmatic functions and services.